If I don't get to the border then I'll write. I gotta get that southbound train tonight, In the heat of the day many miles away When the sun is beating down upon the main street I'll be waiting here at the station, I gotta move down the line. They'll be

(Lover, lover, lover) Distant lover, lover So many miles away Heaven knows that I long for you Every night, every night I plan, sometimes I dance Through the day You should think about me And say a prayer for me

Every day, a castaway A vagabond, battle born I don't know where I'm going I've flown a million miles And I've rode so many more I've been a thousand places And shook a million hands But I know just where I've been I'm battle born